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Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1887-07-21
wAsHrNGroN CO., MISS.

ARcoLA, Miss. Il will give you birds.
eye view Of this. Washington, county and
its crops. This county is said to be the
richest in the State, at least 1t is the ban
ner cotton and corn county, and from the
nature Of the soil and the climate II Is the
home of all fruits such as apples. peaches,
figs grapes and many other kinds that are
raised. This county is situated In the
western part of the State, fronting on the
Mississippi river for forty miles and per-
manently secured from overflow by one
of the grandest levees the world ever saw
and runs back to what is known as the
Yazoo hills, a distance Of Thirty five miles
1t Is one vast river bottom, lis soil is q
black sandy loan, from ten 10 twenty feet
deep, and lays nearly level. The fall Is
to the southeast about four inches to the
mile; so you see 1t drains well. Crops,
per acre, six hundred pounds lint cotton,
seventy five bushels Of corn; fifty bushels
oats; four tons Of hay, clover. millet OF
any other grass potatoes from two to
three hundred bushels, Irish or sweet.
About one half of this county Is cleared
and in high state of cultivation. The
white people own all the land, and 1t Is
cultivated without exception by colored
people. They are good farmers and
splended laborers. Stock raising is q good
business here. Three year old cattle cos
about S1.5O per head to raise. Peopl,
never think of feeding stock in the winter
they live on cane and grass and keep fat
from year to year. This county is one
hundred and fifty eight miles below Mem
phis; crossed and recrossed by railroads
In all directions and with the Mississippi
river to keep down freight rates. So yor
see the people arc well protected. TIL,
population is over 10000. mostly colored
The colorcd people have six months OIL
public schools each year. Our schoo
fund israiscd by a heavy tax on saloons
and all poll taxes, and small per cent OF
oil personal property. The teachers or,
colored. and receive from forty to sixt,
dollars per month. The schools are Su
perintended by the best white men In th
county. There are sixty.flve saloons Il
the county, kept by five Americans an,
sixty foreigners, Jews and Irish, an,
not one black man. The black man |,
engagedin all kinds business, but to. thei
| great credit, they will not sell whiskcy
native whites and respectable blacl
people are working for Prohibition
Crops OF oil kinds are fine cotton an,
corn promise 10 be better than for man,
years, but tho cotton crop Is subject /
many disasters There Is plenty Of fln
fruit OF all kinds health of the count
good. j.. d. HorrEn.
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Trustees
SALE OF LAND

BY virtue OF authority In me vested by
o trust deed executed to me by J. G..
Thompson and his vile Martha A.
Thompson. on May I'd. 1878, / will on
Saturday, July 80. 1887. at the courthouse
door In Jonesboro, Tennessee offer for
sale at public outory to the highest bid.
der for cash in hand the tract Of land
mentioned and described In said trust
deed. and for definite description Of
said land, reference is here had to said
deed of trust, which Is recorded in the
Registers Office for Washington county,
Tennessee, in Vol. /, Deeds of Trust,
page 400. Said land will be sold to salts
fy the note Of $4,000 due TO N. A.
Keys, as mentioned In said decd Of trust.
with the accumulated interest thereon,
and the costs Of this trust, unless said
Deed Of Trust Is satisfied and said note
and interest paid before the said date OF
July 90. 1887. This June 81. 1887.
ROBERT i. KEYS,
jnB0t4 tf Trustee.
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How Railroads PAY.

Who says that railroads ought not to
be encouraged? No doubt 1t will sur
prise You to learn that the Norfolk and
Western and East Tennessee roads pay
over 100000 to their Bristol employees
every year. 1t is fact. The indispen-
sable station force Of ninety-two men en-
ployed in and around the depot draw
monthly salaries of $3.50: $43, ZOO a
year. In addition TO this, the Norfolk
and Western employees nine Bristol men
as engiTTa FRS, who earn $1,000 a month,
or $12-hus year; and nine conductors
from ion, apa at 1915 a month, or $S, 100
q year. iae sast Tennessee pays s.. 900
more to Bristol conductors and engineers.
A total of $6s,0O0 year. The Salaries
Of the firemen, and brakeman, and ex-
pressmen, and baggagemen, and line
men, and operators, and postal clerks,
and track men will make the handsome
sum total considerably over q hundred
thousand dollars, annually. ly.--Bristol Cour.
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Immigration.

The immigration to the United States
is much larger than ever, and continues
TO increase. In the ten years from 1871
to 1880, inclusive, there landed in Ameri.
ca 2.S12.191 Immigrants. This was
larger by $50. 900 than ever came In any
previous decade.
In the six years past, since 1881 to 1887,
the number of immigrants arrived has
been 3,309, 1856, an increase, ofnearly L.
500, 900 over the ten pears previous years.
If the inflow continues until 1890 at the
present rate the number Of immigrants
arriving for the ten years will be between
five and half and six millions.
Itreally becomes serious question
whether some legislation win not be re-
quired to restrict the migration to the
country Of such immense numbers Of
people, and II may be one Of the problems
which the legislation Of the nation will
have to consider in the near future.
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noYs Holm yonr aF,ther.

Boys, don't let your motlkr and sisters
do all the hard. mean ana dirty jobs
around the house. Quite likely they
will tell you that lit isn't your place to
do such work" but pay no attention to
such objections. You needn't be asham.
cd to help In house work. Int you ought
to be ashamed IL you don't help do the
heavy part of 1t. For Instance, don't
let your mother do the Wishing alone,
for 1t is work that would tire a strong
man; hopping Is hard work and you can
easily learn to do 1t as well as any wo.
man; bring In the wood ispd carry the
water; wash dishes and weep when
necessary; in short, keep ydir eyes open
and help with the hard work. and lend 0
hand In the lighter when y0ar mother Il
hurried and over. worked N you dom
heed this advice, you need rcyab ps,ct
TO become mtn or q. gentl aht In This
cause boys havcn't 'tgrowp.pm no...c
respect (and frequently a.I paren,. (
blamed for It as much MssInaIs called
is why there are so many an,,;Ii ,hon,. |.
men who will let their wigs Kisf stnein
selves with work rather fhan lift a 6nge
to help them. Boys, don'tfollow in thei
footsteps. g..,.
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WEST ALEXANDRIA,, ONO.

july 4.-0n Wednesday OF the camp
meeting at Lcwisburg, conducted by the
United Brethren, a large crowded assem-.
bled to hear an hours talk from ayoung
lady of West Sonora, whose name have
forgotten. She spoke In a clear sweet
voice andthe congregation gayethe most
rapt attention while she related the fol-
lowing life experience: "My name is
Foublc and my home is west So
nora. am past thirty years OF age but
those years have been so intermingled
with aches and sighs and tears that they
have seemed like centuries. | became
afflicted, they say. when was eighteen
months old. Early in life | was made q
cripple through intense suffering, first a
curvature of the spineand then my hip
joint was pulled out of socket so that it
lay near the middle of my back. From
the singular shape of my body, inactivity
and mental depression, ! became the
victim of that dread disease consumption.
For three years / have been as helpless
as an. infant and life has scarcely been
worth the pains. My hair came out SO
that my head was about as bald as my
hand and sight and speech was both de-
MED me. This was three months ago.
was conscious OF all things and In my
utter helplessness / prayed that the Lord
would raise me up and In answer to my
repeated entrcaties he said he would
either restore me for awhile or take me
away from my sufferings at 2 o'clock on
a certain day. That morning when the
clock was wound the cord broke so that
no one knew the time but me. That day
! suffered with hemorrhagc so that my
mouth was full Of blood. wanted oul
pastor here but could not make my want!
known, knowing nothing Of letters, ant
IL Ihad my sight was gone as well as m,
speech.
Il could pray though, and this did
that the Lord would send lin, In tw,
hours he was present. The Lord cam
as he had promised and pulled my hi
into socket, loosed my tongue and | clap
ped my hands and said BLESSED JESUS
My sight came and / saw all that wa
going on. My hemorrhage was gone ais
and | was so strengthened that ! wante
to walk around some but they would nj
let me for few days. The first know
edge had Of letters was used in con
posing and writing the lines which no
sing to His praise. / am here today ,
enjoying. "a new heaven and ne
earth and as possessing new body
ask you to trust Him who is able to sa,
to oultermost all who trust Him." The,
. are the main features in her talk but pc
: haps not all the verbatim language 81
used. Many came away saying that
was all hipoe; others that It was satan
a influence; others yet that the days {
J. miracles were not over yet and all viii
!. ono accord confessing that It was strang
d STRANGE. A.. G. G.
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A WONDERFUL PLACE.
Tho Almost Inoonceivabie Immcnslty of
tho City OF London.

The Almost Inoon ceivable Immenslty of
tho City OF London.
II any one were to walk ono way
through oil the streets Of London. he
would bc obliged to 60 q distance Of
two thousand six hundred miles, or as
far rs 1t is across the American con-
tinent from New York to San Francis
co. This will give an idea Of what
would have to be done in order to SEQ
even the greater part Of London.
In our approach to this city. as well
as in our rambles through its streets.
we shall not be struck so much by its
splendid and imposing appearance as
by its immensity. Go whore We may,
there seems to be no end OF the town.
II is fourteen miles ono way, and eight
miles tho other. and contains q popula-
ton Of nearly four million people,
which Is greater indeed, than that of
Switzerland Of the kingdoms Of Den
mark and Greece combineds, We r~R'
told on good authority thrsethere ono
moro Seotchmen in London thu Y
Edinburgh. more lrishmen !
Dublin, and moro Jews than in P.tles-
tine. with Foreigners from all parts Of
tho world. including q great number
Of Americans. Yet there are SO many
Englishmcn in London, that ono Is not
likely to notice tho presence Of these
people Of other nations. -
This vast body Of gi.,Sa S.aSss -
rich that they n,f.i "a s'slk Eir
money, and so F-- never
have any TO count, cseS II scar four
hundred thousand oxSy 5ho and, a
half million sheep, eight million
chickens and game birds. not to
speak Of calves, hogs and different
kinds Of fish. They consume fvc hun
dred million oysters. which. although
II seems like n large number. would
only give II equally divided among all
the people. ono oyster every third day
TO each person. There are three hum
dred thousand servants in London,
enough people to mako a large city;
but asthls gives only ono servant to cach
dozen citizens, It Is quito evident that
a great many Of tho people must wait
on themselves. Things are very un-
equally divided in London; and | have
no doubt that instead Of there being
one servant to twelve persons, soinc Of
the rich lords and ladies have twelve
servants apiece. -Franb r. Stockton,
IN So Nicholas.
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HEROES AND HEROlNES.
Good Men and Women Whose Merits Can
Not De Exaggerated.

Good Men and Women Whose Merits Can
Not be Exaggerated. n
Tho horoism of private life. the slow,
,unchronicled martydoms of the heart,
who shall remember? Greater than any
knightly dragon slayer of old Is the
man who overcomes an unholy pas
sion, sets his foot upon II and stands
serene and strong in virtue. Greater
than Zenobia Is the woman who strug-
giles with the love that would wrong
another or degrade her own soul. and
conquers. The Young man, ardent,
who turns from the dear love Of wo-
men, and buries deep in his heart the
sweet instinct ofpaternty. TO devote
himself to the care and support Of
aged parents or an unfortunate sister,
and whose life is n long sacrifice, in
manly chccriulncss and majestic spirit,
Is ahcro in the rarcst type-thc type
Charles Lamb. have known but Two
such.
Tho young woman who resolutely
stays with father and mother in tho
old home, while brothers and sisters go
forth to happy homes of their own;
who chccrfully lays on the altar Of
iilial duty that costliest Of human
sacrifices, the joy of loving and being
loved she Is n heroine. have known
many such
The husband who goes home from
everyday routine, and the perplcxing
cares of business with cheerful smilo
and n loving word TO his invalid wife;
who brings not against her tho grievous
sin Of long sickness, and roproaehcs
her not for tho cost and discomfort
thereof; who secs in her languid eyes
something dcarer than girlish laughter.
in the sad face and faded checks that
blossoms into smiles and oven bushes
at his coming, something lovclier than
tho old-timc spring roscs--he is ahoro.
think know ono such.
| The wife who bears her part In the
burden Of lifo--even though II be the
larger part-bravely, checrfully, never
dreaming that she is heroine, much
less q martyr; who bears with the
faults Of a husband not altogether con-
genial, with loving patience and a
largo charity, and with noblo decision
hiding them from the world who
makes no coniidants and asks no con-
fldence, who refrains from brooding
over shortcomings in sympathy and
sentiment, and from seeking pcrilous
"ailinitios = who does not build high
tragedy sorrows on tho iueyitable. nor
feel an earthquake In every family jar;
who sees hor husband united with her
self indissolubly and ctcrnally in their
childrcn--she. the wife in very truth.
In tho inward as in the outward, Is q
heroine. though Of rather nm unfash-
ionablc typo. = Grace Greenwood.
H l.. = n
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Cleveland a pouehfaco.

1t was only when Sumptcr was fred on
that the country rallied around the flag
as manfully as now. In part Of the loyal
North, Cleveland's doughfaceism had
caused an indignant protest to so up. 1t
had been long time since the last cxhi.
bition of doughfacelsm was seen. In
the war doughfaceism became Copper.
headism. Cleveland is endowed with
both qualities, and in his flag order they
were conspicuously manifest. No man
with q true heart on the subject Of the
Union would have made TINT order
This Is the conviction Of the country to
dav.
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Profits or General Grants Hook.
The s4e4. 600 which Mrs. Grant !

The $4,000 which Mrs. Grant hos
received from the sale Of her husbands $
work represents seventy per cent Of the
gross profits on the publication which
have thus amounted TO about $706, 600.
The gross receipts from tho sale Of the
work have amounted to not far from
80, 900. There have been sold 312,-
900 sets, at an anverage Of probably 80 q
set, which foots up $2,s0S. 900 as a fair
estimate OF what tho public has paid for
this work. The skins OF 1000 goats and
10000 sheep have been used for the GOV.
ers Of these volumes.
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COST OF Rupeness.
What n Dostou Merchant Paid for soing
Impoiite 70 n Stranger. ifis

~
Impolite "a n Stranger. IA
Docs itpay to be politeP The expert
ence Of certain Washington street
merchant inclines him very strongly to
the view that it does. Let him tell the.
story: s gsst289 5. ses.t,
"It was aboat two months ago thatI
went to Young to lunch. one day, feel
ing oyerworked, tired and cross, / sup
pose. Looking up and down the
tables. in the part Of the room where i
always prefer to sit, | saw one table
where there were two empty chairs.
one of which. however, had been
turned down by q quiet-looking man
with black beard, who sat at the
table. Itook the other empty chair.
and ordered my lunch.
"Just as had begun to cat, friend
Of mine-Parkinson Of Milk street.
whom wanted to see very much. camo
in and walked down past the tables.
There was business matter between
us which was anxious to consum-
mate. | was also anxious to keep ut
my lunch. | looked at the chair that
was turned down. and it struck me that
my neighbor's friend, for whom he
was keeping the place, was long
time coming in. have told you al-
ready that was q little cross. So
quietly turned back the chair and in
vited Parkinson to sit down. Where.
upon the man with the black beard
looked up in surprise.
81 was keeping that chair for q
friend, said he.
"'lt strikes me. sir, that your friend
is long time coming said ], i'll
naturedly, and | don't think any ono
has right to retain seat to the cx-
! clusion of everybody else
"rhe black-bcarded man said nc
more, though he looked me over care.
fully, and Parkinson sat down. Pres.
emily the other mans friend came In.
and the black bearded man got up
had his dishes removed to another
table after some bother to .get hold o.
I. q waiter. and they sat down together,
| while we went OH with our lunch ant
-Four business.
l W.About a month after that there wa
matter of some $1,000 difference II
a transaction between man In ou
trade and myself, and VIC agreed b
leave 1t out to arbitration. We eacl
selected our man, and they selected
third, who whsn't know " me, bl
who was said to be very fair man.
had my side set forth in good shape
q ..,hw ! should have won the cas-
easily enough But when l went i
to sec tho arbitrators, and gave
glance at the third man. my hear
sank. 1t was the black-bearded ma
whose chair l had taken possession
! at Young's. Now 1"bclicve that ma
, may have been fully resolved to decid
, tho case on its merits, but | don
: believe that he or any other ma
y could have done so under the circun
: stances. My rude net stuck in h
, crop, that was all He decided dea
? against me, and served me right
i shall always believe that it cost mo
/ thousand dollars to turn back III;
mans chair. ~ Boston IrdnscriDt.
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The efforts Of the dough face organs of
the north are now directed 70 convey the
impression that the Southern Confeder-
ates didn't want the rebel flags and that
Adiutant General Draiai sof the United
States army is responsible for the offer to
surrender them. Thisstyle ;af misrepre-
sentation Is too thin TO necrive sptelligent
people. Here are some extracts from
leading Confederate organs Of the South
published Just BEFORE de President dis.
covered that .'the flags were loaded
and rctracted the order OF surrender.
They prove conclusivelv, that the Con-
federates had been 81 hing to get pos
session Of the flags and Ihat the President
was responsible for thebrdcr to surrender
them issued by the Secretary Of War and
the Adjutant General,
New Orleans Tim es- Democrat. pem.)
The announcement that the War De-
partment, by direction of Prcsiden,
Cleveland. Is preparing 70 restore 70 the
various Southern states the battle flags
captured by the Federal forces during
the war will be received with intense
pleasure throughout the South. No &C
ton better calculated to obliterate al
lingering traces Of sectional resentment
could possibly be devised. Nor, II could
be added, could PrcsidentC Cleveland have
hit upon reader or more effective way
to increase his popularity in the South
Charleston News apd Coulter (Dem.)
Now that the flags that were captured
from the South Carolina troops during tho
war are to be returned TO the state, the
question arises what shall he done will
| them when they are received? !? Most o
the old soldiers, we believe, will pre- fe
that the old flags will be kept in the Cap
itol at Columbia, where they can be pre-
served and displayed in q proper manner
rather than have them distrihygyted in ou
| of the way places whcrct'fd scsil beck
posed TO injury and loss. -
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The lForlds Washington correspond
ent says tho true story Of the ifag order,
will newer be told; not. II Is believed, II
Congress calls for II. as certain CORES
pondcncc Is believed to have been de-
stroycd. II was considered at a Cabinet
meeting, when Villas alone Objected
Bayard being very enthusiastic for the
order ~ s., le'
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Take one oi DR.. ). II. McLean's Little
Liver and Kidney pillets at night before
you go to bed and You viii be surprised
how buoyant and vigorous you VIII feel
the next day. Only 20 cents vial.
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Total to be distributed

Total to be dlstributed...,.- .,,,.....s 900
Each subscription must bo for twelve
The regular ~ per cent. commission to
agents. but these premiums Will bo given In
addition thereto. 81. trtiai.n
Now let every agent go TO work in earnest
and assist In Increasing the list OF THR
reach one hundred thousand subscribers.
We should have that number In TENNESSEE
alone.
Remit by money order, postal note, reg
istcred letter or by express. Address,
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THE WEEKLY AMERICAN.
CASH PREMIUMS TO AGENTS.

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agents, Mt this leisure season of the year, to
extend the circulation OF the WEEKLY
AMERICAN, tho munngem mt has deter
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DS. ]. A. PIERCE,

Resident Graduated Dentist.
DR.. Pierre hns Increased his facilities for
making Artificial teeth. 4 VIII now insert
them at the,xtremo hw prIoe OF $1,000 and
sl5.OO, uccOr,lIng 10 grade qualit pnr-
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ana nnnber. OF Teeth on plato. All plates
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Inflammation furnished by mail.
0tFy0h w 1osaer bio X, over Bank. Jones'
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"UntoId Agony from Catarrh.,

Prof. W. HAUsNER, the famous mesmerist,
Of Ithaca, N. Y, writes: "Some ten years ago
suffered untold agony from chronic nasal
catarrh. My family physician gave me up rs
incurable, and said l must die. My case was
such O bad one, that every dny, towards sum
set, my voice would become so hoarse could
barely speak above whisper. In the morning
almost strangle me. By use Of DR.. Sage's
Catarrh Remedy, In three months, / was well
man, and the cure has been permanent"
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1887-07-21

"A Pittsburgh horse has been In the
employ Of the Government for over
twenty years.
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Thrco bottles euro catarrh.

BILL RoBBrNs. Runpan p. o.. Columbia Co..
she was FIVE years old, very badly. saw DIR.
Sage's Catarrh Remedy advertised, and pro-
cured bottle for her, and soon saw that 1t
helped her. o third bottle effected perma.
nent cure. She Is now eighteen years old and
sound and hearty"